I really don't know what case to go for... ALL of the cases I have looked at seem really cheap and tacky. I do like the smart cover apple do but it doesn't protect the back.
Ideally I would get the smart cover and a sleeve to put the whole thing in but then it is finding a sleeve that can house the mini with a smart cover on Not many actual shops stock sleeves so it's not like I can test them out
First world problems yo!
Really considering getting myself one of these, was going to hold out to see if the rumoured March release for a retina model were true but have seen that a few reports have now emerged stating this will more likely be in October....
iPad 3 is probably the old stock. iPad 4 is the newer model.
I should think they'd go with the same 2048x1536 resolution as in the iPad. The only thing that is slightly troubling with that is that the A5X was noted to struggle with retina games which is probably why the A6X was introduced so quickly. So having the first gen iPad mini with the A5 and 1024x768 might be a preferable spec until they get the A6X in the mini.
I think the battery is what we need to worry about the most with an A6X SoC and retina display in the iPad mini.